Dewar - Schulter is a very small town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 2,830 people and just one neighborhood, Dewar - Schulter is the 142nd largest community in Oklahoma.
Dewar - Schulter is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dewar - Schulter is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dewar - Schulter who work in office and administrative support (14.43%), sales jobs (7.96%), and healthcare (7.16%).
Being a small town, Dewar - Schulter does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Dewar - Schulter with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.49% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dewar - Schulter in 2022 was $27,465, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,860 for a family of four. However, Dewar - Schulter contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dewar - Schulter is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dewar - Schulter home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dewar - Schulter residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dewar - Schulter include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dewar - Schulter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.0% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dewar - Schulter are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 19.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Dewar - Schulter, OK, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (15.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report German roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.2%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.